Here’s the exciting line-up!
This year’s UW-Madison’s Science Expeditions 2013, runs on campus from Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7. The majority of the Exploration Stations on the east side of campus will be at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Tom Zinnen, PhD., from UW’s Science Alliance, who organizes the Expeditions, is pleased to announce that this year’s Science Expeditions will extend to the Health Sciences Learning Center’s (HSLC) atrium on the west side. Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, the coordinator of the Science Expeditions at HSLC invites you all to be part of the health sciences centric Exploration Stations on Sunday, April 7 from 10 o’clock to 2 o’clock. Here’s a little radio blurb…
Highlights from the HSLC Exploration Stations include tours of UW Hospitals cutting edge Clinical Simulation Program, representatives from Med Flight answering questions, and Dr. Jacqueline Gerhardt from the Wisconsin State Journal hosting a Q & A about medicine. There will be moderated tours of the Ebling Library for the Health Sciences’ current historical exhibit, Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation & the Public Health. We will also have representatives from the Waisman Center, the School of Medicine and Public Health and the UW Hospital, and others, who will be sharing their research or offering hands-on demonstrations regarding ultrasound physics, stem cells, DNA science, nanoparticle science, biofilm microbes, auditory science, the science of swallowing, and how ECGs operate.
Ebling librarians, Stephen Johnson and Rhonda Sager will be assisting visitors in finding authoritative health information on the internet.
Family, friends, students, and explorer’s from the Madison community are welcome to join us. Health Science Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave. Madison, WI.
Parking
Parking Lot 82, near the Waisman Center, to the left of the Nielsen Tennis Auditorium. Free Saturdays and Sundays.
University Bay Drive ramp (Lot 76). $1.00 for 30 minutes, up to $5.00. $1.00 an hour after that, up to $12 a day. Takes credit cards.
Parking Lot 60, behind the School of Pharmacy. Free Saturdays and Sundays.
UW Hospital Parking Ramp. $1.00 for 30 minutes, up to $5.00. $1.00 an hour after that, up to $12 a day. Takes credit cards.
Questions? Contact Micaela: msullivan at library.wisc.edu or 262-2402